Jet Black M3 detail by ZAXJAX

zaxjax

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Meguiar's Clay
I used a rotary for paint correction
Menzerna Powerfinish - left very little marring on a white pad
Menzerna 106FA on blue but still left marring
I switched to my PC to finish
Menzerna 106FA worked great and finished perfect
1 coat of Collinite 476 and 1 coat of Collinite 845

Wheels were cleaned with P21S TAW and dressed with Meguiar's Endurance Gel
Glass was cleaned with Stoner's
Engine was cleaned with Simple Green and dressed with 303 Aerospace Protectant

I didn't take a lot of before pics because it was pitch dark out when Adnan dropped the car off. This is one sick M3 and I was glad to have the opportunity to take care of it.

This is what I had to start with after a wash

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Rotary Swirls from a previous detail

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More rotary marks

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Water etching and swirls

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After hood

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Fender polished

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Trunk lid before

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After

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Rear quarter panel

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After shots

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Engine before

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Engine after

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More after's

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looks good like always. what kind of time do you spend on something like this?
 

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looks good like always. what kind of time do you spend on something like this?

2 Days working on it off and on. Jet black is soft and pissed me off because everytime I touched it or wiped it down it would scratch.


Very nice as always Jason.

Gotta love to hate black unless its clean.

Cheers,
Allen


Thanks Allen! Great job on the E55


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amazing job zax. that person let that car get bad before you got your hands on it.

It was detailed by a body shop and they must have glazed right over the whole car.

great job on the detail. I love the rims on that car, they look sick

HRE's on any car look sick!


zaxjax;,

Is he the original owner? If not, it looks like the guy before him neglected it a bit. That engine bay was not pretty for such a new car.

Original owner and the body shop got him. Front and rear bumper were painted and they did him a favor by detailing it. Now the engine bay is all on him

Are those wheels flat black?

They were a matte black, almost like the finish of a Whipple
 

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good work, but how does a bmw that new esp a new m3 get that dirty, I have a 1995 mustang with 126k miles on the body, and I dont think I ever let it get that dirty how the hell do u get a car thats like a 08-09 that dirty lol good work cleaning it up man!
 

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